new GMC 1500 2x4. No one needs 4x4 anyway

Flashman wrote:
Does any one boondock?
Driving down the pavement from one RV park to the next - you can get by with 4x2. Try going down a dirt road for 5 miles and getting caught in a rain storm - then come back and tell me how great your 4x2 was. Snow has nothing to do with it.

I thought RV ing was about camping.

My thoughts exactly!

Does any one boondock?
Driving down the pavement from one RV park to the next - you can get by with 4x2. Try going down a dirt road for 5 miles and getting caught in a rain storm - then come back and tell me how great your 4x2 was. Snow has nothing to do with it.

I thought RV ing was about camping.

burningman wrote:
It always amuses me to hear all the people who say two wheel drive and some weight and good tires is at all comparable to four wheel drive.
It isn’t.

Yeah. But that just comes from a less broad experience level. After all, it is not the majority of folks who live rural in some rather tough places to drive in. I grew up on the family farm in Central Iowa and we had 2WD pickups back in the day. But I also remember that it was a frequent occurrence to have to go get the tractor to pull them out of stuff. I lived in the Interior of Alaska for 10 years and 2WD was not the most ideal of vehicles to use year round. Lived in Colorado front range for about 12 years, and same deal. i currently live on the farm I grew up on. When I first moved back, I had a 2WD 3/4 ton. That got traded in real quick after the first winter and spring here for a 4WD version. That will be the status quo for as long as I am here.

The original argument was regarding initial cost of 4WD over 2WD. That is true. But the residual on the back end is comparable, so it is essentially a moot point. It is true, that many really don't "need" 4WD since they are urban folks who just commute to work each day on fairly nice highways and occasionally tow a trailer or go fishing. And some, I think, just have a ball hitch on the receiver as some sort of status symbol as opposed to actually using it on a regular basis. I tow and haul quite a bit for my needs around home, on top of any recreational pursuits. But I yank the ball mount out of the hitch when I am not using it and throw it in the tool box. To me, it just seems stupid to have that darn thing hanging out the back end waiting to bruise someone's shin. To others, it is a right of passage to manhood that must be displayed.

But it is their money to do with as they wish. I have a pretty solid view of such things, when someone else is paying the bills, then they have standing to say what should be. Not until the time comes that I am asked to ante up for someone else's toys will I go out of my way to say they are stupid. I may shake my head and wonder why folks do what they do and spend what they spend, but it is not my place to do more than that.

It always amuses me to hear all the people who say two wheel drive and some weight and good tires is at all comparable to four wheel drive.
It isn’t.

brianosaur wrote:

Supercharged wrote:
Got wife 2018 GMC 1500. No one but famers,ranchers, ult. company, cops, logers, and people up in Canada need 4x4, just something saleman sell people who have good credit anyway. Waist of money.

...says the guy who's profile states he lives in ARIZONA!!

Bwaahahahah!! :S

Wonder if he has ever even SEEN snow?!

All I know is that a lot of people who live in Arizona, formerly lived in Northern states.

Copperhead wrote:
Starting to think it was stated to bait folks to come out of the woodwork and comment. Just trolling for a squabble.

Duh, ya think. :)

brianosaur wrote:

Supercharged wrote:
Got wife 2018 GMC 1500. No one but famers,ranchers, ult. company, cops, logers, and people up in Canada need 4x4, just something saleman sell people who have good credit anyway. Waist of money.

...says the guy who's profile states he lives in ARIZONA!!

Bwaahahahah!! :S

Wonder if he has ever even SEEN snow?!

Starting to think it was stated to bait folks to come out of the woodwork and comment. Just trolling for a squabble.

Supercharged wrote:
Got wife 2018 GMC 1500. No one but famers,ranchers, ult. company, cops, logers, and people up in Canada need 4x4, just something saleman sell people who have good credit anyway. Waist of money.

...says the guy who's profile states he lives in ARIZONA!!

Bwaahahahah!! :S

Wonder if he has ever even SEEN snow?!

I just ordered my new service truck and I ordered it 4X4. My current service truck is 4X2 and I think I have been stuck 2 time in the 12 years I've been driving it. My service trucks are so heavy that that is what usually hung me. My new truck is going to be heavier so 4X4 may not help but what the hey, I'll have it if it does help. All of my personal trucks have be 4X4 sense 99' with exception to a Ranger and a Nismo.

YAY! SUPERCHARGED IS BACK!!!!!

We’ve missed you, well some of us anyway. Glad to see you’re still posting.

FWIW I haven’t used my 4WD in a few years except to check to see that it’s still working. I do use it though when I need it like at the Sand Dunes in MI. Mine doesn’t get driven in th snow anymore!